The shrewlike rats, genus Rhynchomys, also known as the tweezer-beaked rats are a group of unusual Old World rats found only on the island of Luzon in...
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The Isarog shrew-rat or Mount Isarog shrew-rat (Rhynchomys isarogensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in the Philippines...
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The Labo shrew rat (Rhynchomys labo) is a species of shrewlike rat in the subfamily Murinae. It was discovered at elevations above 1250 m on Mt. Labo...
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The Mingan shrew rat (Rhynchomys mingan) is a species of shrewlike rat in the subfamily Murinae. It was discovered at elevations above 1450 m on Mt. Mingan...
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rat Genus Psammomys Genus Pseudohydromys Genus Pseudomys Genus Rattus Genus Rhabdomys Genus Rhombomys - great gerbil Genus Rhynchomys - shrewlike rat...
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Muennink's spiny rat or Okinawa spiny rat (Tokudaia muenninki, Japanese: オキナワトゲネズミ, romanized: Okinawa togenezumi or 沖縄棘鼠) is a species of rodent in the...
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The Namaqua rock rat (Aethomys namaquensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is sometimes included in the genus Micaelamys. It is found...
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Murinae (redirect from Old World rat)
prominent murine species have become vital laboratory animals: the brown rat and house mouse are both used as medical subjects. The murines have a distinctive...
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The soft-furred rat (Millardia meltada), or soft-furred metad, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae native to South Asia. Head and body length...
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The African groove-toothed rat or mill rat (Mylomys dybowskii) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found in Angola, Cameroon, the Central African...
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The Selinda veld rat or Silinda rock rat (Aethomys silindensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found in possibly Mozambique and Zimbabwe...
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The Sudanian grass rat (Arvicanthis ansorgei) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal...
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Yalden's rat (Desmomys yaldeni) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae, found only in Ethiopia, where its natural habitat is the montane forests...
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The Abyssinian grass rat (Arvicanthis abyssinicus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Ethiopia. Its natural habitats are subtropical...
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The Mount Data shrew-rat (Rhynchomys soricoides) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in the Philippines. Wikimedia Commons...
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The marmoset rat (Hapalomys longicaudatus), also known as the greater marmoset rat, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Malaysia...
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carnivores include the shrewlike rats of the Philippines, which feed on insects and soft-bodied invertebrates, and the Australian water rat, which devours aquatic...
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The Ryukyu spiny rat (Tokudaia osimensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. Endemic to Amami Ōshima island in the Amami Islands of the Ryukyu...
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Kaiser's rock rat (Aethomys kaiseri) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found in Angola, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya...
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The African grass rat (Arvicanthis niloticus) is a species of rodent in the family Murinae. The species is divided into the following six subspecies....
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Issel's groove-toothed swamp rat (Pelomys isseli) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Uganda. Its natural habitats are arable...
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rock rat, or red veld rat, (Aethomys chrysophilus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae native to southern Africa. The red rock rat is a rat-sized...
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Blanford's rat (Madromys blanfordi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Madromys. Known as වලිග සුදු වන...
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Harrington's rat (Desmomys harringtoni) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Ethiopia. Its natural habitats are subtropical...
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The Mindoro striped rat (Chrotomys mindorensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in the Philippines. Balete, D.S.; Duya...
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The Nairobi grass rat (Arvicanthis nairobae) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, and possibly Ethiopia. Its...
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Blick's grass rat (Arvicanthis blicki) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Ethiopia. Its natural habitat is subtropical...
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following species: Delacour's marmoset rat (Hapalomys delacouri) Marmoset rat (Hapalomys longicaudatus) Suntsov's marmoset rat (Hapalomys suntsovi), a Vietnamese...
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Tate's shrew rat (Tateomys rhinogradoides) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in central Sulawesi, Indonesia, where it has...
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Subgenus Coelomys: Sumatran shrewlike mouse (M. crociduroides) Mayor's mouse (M. mayori) Gairdner's shrewmouse (M. pahari) Volcano mouse (M. vulcani)...
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